Laundry machine



Jan. 6, 1931.

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' INVENTOR y BY l H15 ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 6, 1931 I y I uN-iran SVT Aras y i ,i 'insegni ATjElN LAUNDRY iviacrriin v YApplication yfiled February 4, `1930. SeraLNm 4725,845fi rlhis invention relates to laundry apparatus, and particularly to a device `:for engaging and shaping fthe neckband -or attached collar-of a shirt positicnedon anironing,

board Whenthe iinalV operation of ironing or Y nishmg the shirt in the process of being laundered 1s to be done. Y

One object of the inventionis to provide a neclbandor collar-shaping member or ring lo that may be `raised or lowered at Will, but' or collarlengaging member on a frame that is slidable vertically. upon a Vsta'ndard'above the table, the framebeing releasably latched in its .elevated position on the standard, so

that the only operationnecessary to move the member or ring into engagement AWith the neckband or collarpisvto release said latch, whereupon the ring Will move to neckband engaging position by gravity.V

Another Objectis the provision band .or collar shaping ring that Will give the proper shape toteitheraneclrbandor an attached collaron "all standard makes of' shirts, the ringer band being "Inade'oi sections that mayv be expanded by suitable spring operated means and contracted by the 40 rotation or a shaft provided With a control lever Which maybe releasably locked in posi.- tion to hold the sectional ring in contracted position, so that upon release of saidlatch,

the ring Will be instantaneously'expanded by a5 said spring means. n *l .j f f lVith'theseand other'objects in v1evv,'the

invention consists in certain details `of construction and combinations 'fand-g arrangements of parts, all as Willl hereinafter fbe no more fully described and the novelv *featuresl the ring is expanded; f

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t'here'o'i `particularly pointed out in the appended claims. v 1 Y In the accompanyingdravvings:

Figure lis an elevational'vietv of a collar* Vor neclrband shaping` attachment, the ring itself b'eing'shovvn in neckband engaging position in full lines and-in itselevated position in dotted lines;l

v FigzQis atop plan the ring contracted;v 1-

F'g. 3 isa detail view, shovving'theopei'ating handleby Which the ring is contracted, released or in the position it occupies when'r lview-0f the @ie-'vice with Fig. 4 issubstantially a plan vievv of they ring in its expanded position,thi s view being taken onthe line 4 4 of Fig. l;

ifi-OFFICE .1 /.nuns J. Vosima onnALLAs-'TEXAS 'Fig 'is a vertical sectional view Yon the 4line 5%-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a detailsectionaivievvon'the line G-fGoFig. 4, illustrating the. connection be tvveencne or" the ring sections` and the mechanism for contracting the ring;

' Figff is a detail` elevational view of the front portion of the ring; and Fig. Sis a perspective view of the complete device. f' I In accordancewith the present invention, vit

is proposed -to mount the attachment permay nently ontthe upper surface of 4the ironingl table and accordinglythe neckband engaging ring, composedof sections-1.0, 11,'is carried by a "frame4 12 slidably mounted on -a standard 13, thepstandard being rigidon a l base 14 that ymay be attached by suitable fastening elements `to the ironing table l5. `As

shown in Figs.y 4,-5, and 8, standard13 has a' vertically .extending slot 16 therein, andthe frame 12 is provided With one c-r more guides 17 thatproject'through saidslot 16 and have nuts 18 attached to their protruding ends,

vwhereby"the, frame will be guided; on the Vstandardwhen moved verticallyup or dovvn.

Secured on frame 12'isa'latch of any desired construction, said' latch having a plunger .18V

adaptedto extendoverv lthe upper end of standard l` to retain the frame 12in-its elevated position, as shovvnin dotted lines,` in v Figuise1-- Plunger 518 is; retractablekby :a

fingerp'iecey v19 yvhen'itlisdesired to disenl gage the plunger from the standard `for the iurnose of lowerin@ the trame to osition n C `the ring within a neckband or collar of a shirt on the ironing table 15.

f Frame 12 has a dep'endingA from the standard a sufficient distance to clear base'14. 4Preferably, said frame is of invertedU-shape, one leg 12ctot1 the trame being slidably attached tothe standard, as betore described, by means of theguides'17 in"w slots 16, while the other leg 125 entendsdown Y wardly at a point beyond the edge' of base 14.

y Projecting from leg 12b Youtwardly,lironi the' base V14 Vare the two sections 11 of the collar engaging ring, these sections being describedi as arms ysecured to and projecting from theV leg 12b. Said arms 11 are curve'dsomewhat, so that their .free ends converge toward one another, butsaidt'ree ends are spaced Vapart somewhat, this Vspace being closedfby section of the'oring. Section 10 is of arcuate formation, its *ends'vbeing slidably Vsecured in slots 19a in the arms 11. Armsl11' are 'preferably resilient and. are adapted to Abe .contracted toward one another and, on the other handLareadapted to be expanded or moved away from one another when inserted in the n eckbandor collar of a shirt. :This expansion of the ring may be accomplished by movement of'section V10 away from' ,the leg i 125 lof the frame, under which circumstances the end portionsof sectionlOwill move the free ends of arms v11 away from one another, as shown in Fig. 4l Preferably, this movement of section 10 away from the frame to ex'- pand the ringk is accomplished by haif'ingsaid section mounted on a plunger or post 2O slidable in a sleeve 21 mounted onthe leg'12b of.

the frame. Attached to the plunger 2() is a pin or post 22 and interposed between said pinV or post 22 andthe leg 12b isa coil spring 23 which is-placed under compressionwhen thelring is expanded, so that its normal tendency is to force the sectionlO away trom'the leg 12a/so as to expandthe ring.

' Tocontract the ring by retractingsecti'on 10and moving the free ends ,of .arms 11 together, there `is a sha-ft 24jjournaled Vin a bracket 25 Vmountedfon-leg 125. At the flower extremity of shaft 24, there is .mounted a-plate 26, which -is connected to each of arms 11 and plunger 20. For instance,saidI plate' 26 has lpivotally attached thereto links 27., vand, these links are attached to the arms 11 vby pinsf28 extending through Vprotuberances 29 formed on saidarms. The details Votfthis coiistruc-Y tion are Villustrated inFig. .6. AlsoA attached to plate 26fis a link 30, said link beingat-f tached to thepost`22 on plunger 2()."Pre ferably, the link 3Q vandone of the linksZ are secured toiplate 26'bypin and slot connec- L..

tions,1as shown in Figs. 41 and 8l "i-itthe' up-` perend Vot shaft 24 there an operating'handle 31 'by which the shaft may Vberocked, in

:its :bearings linbracket 25".V When the. ring is portion spaced tract ther-ing to itsnormal position.

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in its contracted position,handle 31 is adapted to Vbe positioned behind a latch 32 carried Arm 33 is more or less resilient, vso that upon pressure being applied to the finger portion 34 of the latch32, said latch may-be depresse soas to free the operating handle 31'. EX- cessive depression .of arm`33 is prevented by a stop 35, niountedlon leg 12b otthe'frame.

The neckbandV or collar engaging ring is shown in its contracted position in Figures 1,

and 8, under which circumstances, the operating handle 31 is positioncdbehind latchi 1 Aftergtlie ring has been lowered, as shown in li'gures 1, 5, and'B, where it would normally bepo'siltioned within theneckband or collar of av shirt, the operation'depresses the latchi32 so asto reethe ,operating 4.handle 31 of sha't't24.- v'lhe shattthusbeing unlocked, the pressure of. spring23 forcessection 10 et the ring-'outwardly from tlieframe and the ends ot' saidy section torce the free endsot` ating mechanism, is `th'enelevated by the operator until the plunger 18 of the frame latch can engage overtlie. upper endotI standard 13, under which Acircumstances the frame `and -by an arm .33 Vmounted Von' the bracket 25.l

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ring will be rlocked intheir uppermostvposi- Y tions. The finished shirt can then be removed` andthe second s lnrt'substituted thereior, whereupon the sameY operations will be Due to theencessive pull to one yside of plungen20by link Yltland the link 27at thatY sideofthe ring, thereis attached to postf22 on plunger 2O one endlofa'uspring, whose opposite end is secured to a lateral extension 37 on leg 12bV of. frame.` yThe tension lon i Vthis `spring 'tendsfto 4hold the plunger 20in alinement with .l sleeve 21,y when the fring yis eXp'and-red,V vsof that A the Vplunger will readily slide back into said sleeve when the ring is being contracted.y As' shown more fully in Figs, 7 and 8, the outer face of section 10 of the ringfis formed with a concave portion SSVfor accommodation of the button, usually y a woodenpronenthat is inserted yin the button holesY of: the 'ne'ckband or collar preparatory neckband or collar. f

to ltheringlbeiiig I'placed and expanded inv the Y a base lixedly secured `on the-upper surface of the ironing board or table,gso,that the entire als" .will 5 be Yapparentfroml the" .foregoing ,disclosure,-the entire Vdeviceis mounted on Y which .circumstances it is much more acces V sible than would be-the case if the operator had to reach below or beneath the ironing board ortable toadjust the'ring within the neclband or collar of a shirt on the table.

- another advantage is the fact that after the frame latch i8 is disengaged fromthestand-- ard and the ring lowered onto the surface, or

rather onto the neckband of the shirt, it will be retained in thisposition without any effort whatever on the part of the operator, so. that the latter has full use of both-hands for the purpose of straightening the body Alines 4 of the shirt, as is always necessary before the shirt can be ironed or finally finished. The

ring, .and all of its operating connections, are Y carried by the frame itself, and notonly are the ring and its operatingconnections of comparatively simple construction, but `the elements constituting the same are comparatively sturdy, so that there is very little likelihood of parts being broken or the mechanism for expanding or contractingthe Vring getting out of working order. Y That is claimed is:

l. In a device of the character described, a fixed standard, a frame slidable vertically on said standard, a sectional collar-shaping ringv carried by said frame, means for expanding said ring, and lever controlled means for contracting said ring. l

2. ln a device of the-,character described, a fixed standard, a collar-shaping ring formed of slidable sections vertically adjustable with respect to said standard, means for expanding said sections, a lever for contracting said sections, and a latch yieldingly engaging said lever for holding` said ring con-V vtracted.

8. In a device of the character described, a iXed standard, a frame slidable vertically on said standard, a releasablelatch engageable with the top of said standard to hold the frame elevated, a collar-shapingring on said slidable frame, and means carried by converging toward one another, a spring pressed. plunger slidablyv supported onsaid frame, a bridge member mounted on said plunger and bridging the space between said arms, said bridge memberslidably engaging said arms, sai-d arms being movable away from one` another when .said bridge member is forcedaway from the .frame bys'aid spring pressed' plunger, and `means for returning saidbridge member toward said frame and returning said arms tion. v

6. In a device of the character described, a

to their contracted posivertically slidable frame, resilient arms pro-V ]ectingfroin said frame, said arms convergingtoward one another with a space between their free ends, al plate slidably engaging thel free endsof said arms, means supported by said frame for forcing said plate away'from Athe frame and expanding said arms, ashaft rotatably supportedby saidframe andjconnections between said shaftl and the arms andk .plate for moving saidplate toward the frame and contracting said arms.

7. In a device of the character described, a verticallyV slidable frame, a pair of resilient verging tov'rardcne another attheir free ends with a space between said free ends, a plunger. slidably supported `by said frame, a bridge plate'mountedon Vsaid plunger and slidably Lengaging the-'free ends of said arms and bridging the space between saidarms, a spring for Vforcing' said plunger and plate away from the frame to expand said arms, a

bracket on said frame, a shaft journaled in said bracket, connections between said shaft and the plunger andarms, whereby said plate may be returned toward the frame and the arms contracted upon rotation of ysaidl shaft, and means .for holding `said shaft against rotationfwiththe arms in their contracted position. V JAMES JOSEPH OSHEA.

said frame for expanding and contracting" said ring.

4i. in a device of the character described, a vertically movable frame, a'collar-shapingv ring composed of horizontally spaced resili member between said arms, a spring for forcingsaid plungerrand member away from' Vsaid frame to expand the ring, and connections .between said plunger and plate and i said plate and said arms to contract said ring'.

5. ln a device of the character described, a vertically slidable frame, resilient arms projecting'from said frame said arin'sbeing? spaced horizontally from one another and varms projecting from'said-framev and con-V 

